Prepare to see Russia be allowed to do whatever it wants and for a recession the likes of which no one here has ever seen since the 1930s. Protectionism doesn't work, and neither does rimming Putin.

all security council members already have a blank check, russia AND america using theirs is nothing new. but a deeper global depression then the 30s, yes, that is very likely. the result of which in today's world, is somewhat less clear. bad news for cities and the infrastructure that makes living in cities possible.

the wildest worst cases we can imagine have suddenly become a lot less improbable, but they're also not the only things that are.

we still really won't know what will happen until it does.

yes i have a bad, slightly terrified feeling in my gut. americans may yet envy people in nepal or bengladesh, and china is a not unlikey example of what america is to become. nothing is that simple. what is to become of old people who aren't rich? or even college students who's parents aren't? and those who are homeless now? and traditional ethnic targets of biggotry?

will we all have the sense to band together to make common cause, of what we all in common face?

i had similar fears 36 years ago when raygun was elected. not everything that came out of that was bad, though some, we have never recovered from, and some of that made this possible.

he may even say 'just kidding' about a lot of his crap, and/or forget he ever said it.

the environment is still really the big thing, bigger then international politics and economics. not being center stage doesn't make it go away. we've known we've been screwing that, every since the early 70s, and have mostly only been making it worse since, though we now have technologies we didn't then, that would allow us to not have to keep doing so.

While I was surprised ( along with everyone else, I suspect) at the result. I thought the Donald showed a bit of a different face when he gave his victory speech. There was just a hint of statesman-ship in his words..not the campaign bluster we were used to him spouting off earlier. Maybe, just maybe, there is still *some* hope out there. For America's ( and the world's) sake , I hope so. Only time will tell.